Karen L. Sloan, 68, of Millsboro, Del., formerly of West Grove, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, at the Suburban Community Hospital. She was the wife of William M. Sloan, with whom she shared 18 years of marriage.
Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late George and Lorraine Bell Lindecamp.
Karen was a waitress at Kendal at Longwood for 20 year, retiring in 1999.
She was member of the West Grove United Methodist Church.
Karen enjoyed doing word search puzzles, watching the ponies at Assateague Island, sitting on the beach with her feet in the ocean, cookouts for the neighbors and being with her family and friends.
She was known for making cinnamon buns at Christmas and giving them to her family and friends.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Michael P. Ford of Atlanta, Ga.; one daughter, Jennifer L. Rodriguez of Atlanta, Ga.; one brother, Robert Lindecamp (Gary Webb) of Fenwick Island, Del. and seven grandchildren.
She was predeceased by one brother, George Lindecamp.
Her memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the West Grove United Methodist Church, 300 N. Guernsey Road in West GroveA. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the West Grove United Methodist Church, 300 N. Guernsey Road, West Grove, PA 19390
PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Jan. 7 through Jan. 13. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones.
• Utility installation will cause lane restrictions on Route 100 North, Pottstown Pike, in West Goshen Township, between Crosspoint Drive and Taylors Mill Road weekdays through Jan. 17.
• Utility installation will cause lane closures on West Chester Pike in Willistown Township between Jan. 12 and 17.
• There will be lane closures and a detour on Doe Run Road in East Fallowfield Township between Jan. 17 and June 21 for bridge rehabilitation.
• Guide rail repair will cause lane closures on the Media Bypass — Route 1, north and south — in Upper Providence Township between the bypass interchange and Collins Drive. Work will be underway between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Jan. 9-13.
• Expect lane restrictions on I-95 North between Route 420 and Route 291 from midnight to 5 a.m., Jan. 9 through Jan. 14.
• Utility installation will force lane closures on S. High Street — between Price and Lacey streets — in West Chester between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. from Jan. 9 through Jan. 16.
• Green Valley Road in Newlin Township remains closed between Powell and Brandywine Creek roads for bridge repair work. No date for completion has been set. Detours are posted.
• Burnt Mill Road in Kennett remains closed until June for Bridge construction between Norway and Spring Mill roads. Detours are posted.
• Garnet Mine Road, between Woods Edge drive and Brookstone Drive in Garnet Valley Township, will be closed for bridge reconstruction until Feb. 10. Detours are posted.
Albert E. Frank Jr., 79, of Cochranville, died Thursday, Jan. 5, at his residence. He was the husband of Elizabeth “Jane “ Miller Frank, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage.
Albert E. Frank Jr.
Born in Darby, he was the son of the late Albert E. Frank Sr. and the late Elizabeth Mills Frank.
Al was a self-employed mechanic operating Al Frank Truck Repair. He had in earlier years worked for Airborne Air Freight and Charlie Frank Excavating. In the past five years, he operated a van service working for the Amish community, which he greatly enjoyed and where he made a lot of new friends.
He was a 25-year member of the Avon Grove Lions Club, where he had served as a past president.
Al enjoyed volunteering at the Avon Grove Lions Club, refurbishing tractors, tinkering in his shop and the outdoors.
In addition to his wife, Al is survived by two daughters, Debora J. Young and her husband Steve of London Grove, and Linda Frank-Funk and her husband Rick of Valley Lee, Md.; two sisters, Marie Miller and Carol Walker, both of Virginia; two brothers, George Frank of New Providence, Pa. and Fred Frank of Chestertown, Md.; three grandchildren, Samantha Wood, Daniel Hilferty and John Hilferty; one great grandson, Steven Miller; two special friends, Doug Miller of Estes Park, Colo. and Mark Wilson of Christiana.
He was predeceased by one son, Albert E. Frank III, who died in March t wo brothers, Charles Frank and Edward Frank; one son-in-law, John Hilferty.
You are invited to visit with Al’s family and friends from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home, 250 West State Street in Kennett Square. His funeral service will follow at 4:30. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to the Avon Grove Lions Club, 600 North Baker Station Road, West Grove, PA 19390
Work crews move utilities as part of the preparation for the bridge replacement scheduled to begin in February.
Work on replacing the Route 926 Bridge will begin next month, but plans to install a traffic signal in advance of it will begin sooner.
The $8.6 million project, expected to last until Sept. 1, will officially begin in February, according to the Transportation Management Association of Chester County.
The 26-foot-wide state-owned bridge in Birmingham and Pocopson townships was declared structurally deficient, and a notice to proceed with the replacement was given on Dec. 27, 2016.
This week PennDOT representatives will be “spotting traffic signals,” according to PennDOT Community Relations Coordinator Charles Metzger, and then spending the next month installing a traffic signal at the corner of Lenape Road (Route 52) and Pocopson Road, by the Lenape Forge building. That traffic signal, which will be permanent, will feature a flashing yellow arrow signal for left turns from Route 52 to Pocopson Road and, according to Metzger, represents “the first to operate in the Philadelphia region.
“The flashing yellow arrow signal is new to Pennsylvania, but they have become commonplace in many states across the country over the last 10 years,” Metzger wrote in a press release issued Thursday. “Based on studies and transportation agency testimonials, flashing yellow arrow signals improve left-turning safety by helping motorists recognize that they should yield while making left turns when there is oncoming traffic and pedestrians.”
Those looking for information on the bridge project can check out PA926.com, the part of the county’s traffic management website devoted to the bridge replacement. It is that portion that Pocopson Township supervisors are referring residents and businesses to for more information.
“TMACC is going to be the single source (of information) for us,” Pocopson Vice Chairman Elaine DiMonte said at Tuesday’s township meeting, adding that the link to the TMACC site — PA926.com — will be featured on the township’s website.
A TMACC representative had suggested to DiMonte that TMACC post signs around the township with its information on them. The supervisors, at their reorganizational meeting, agreed it sounded like a good idea.
“The more transparency and communication we’ve got, the better,” said DiMonte.
The new bridge will address structural and flooding concerns. According to PennDOT, the bridge will be “a new three-span structure at a higher elevation,” and the roadway approaching the bridge will be rebuilt and elevated “to make them less prone to flooding.” The culvert over Radley Run will be replaced as well.
DiMonte attended a Dec. 21 meeting with PennDOT, contractor Clearwater Construction, and others at which she said PennDOT “made it very clear to the contractor they have to be respectful of the residents and the businesses” affected by the closure.
For more information on the 926 bridge project, check out the following links:
Monica Thompson Fragale is a freelance reporter who spent her life dreaming of being in the newspaper business. That dream came true after college when she started working at The Kennett Paper and, years later The Reporter newspaper in Lansdale and other dailies.
She turned to non-profit work after her first daughter was born and spent the next 13 years in that field.
But while you can take the girl out of journalism, you can’t take journalism out of the girl. Offers to freelance sparked the writing bug again started her fingers happily tapping away on the keyboard.
Monica lives with her husband and two children in Kennett Square.
Frank Rupp, of Frank Rupp Design, and Donna Reeves, of BHCU, review the newly redesigned Chadds Ford Business Association website prior to the start of the CFBA’s January luncheon held at Brandywine Prime.
The Chadds Ford Business Association has a newly updated website that group President Esmé Frangiosa said is more user friendly and works well for members and nonmembers alike. The web address for the site remains www.chaddsford.org.
Frank Rupp, of Frank Rupp Design, in Media, did the update. He started six months ago, he said, so member businesses could be more easily showcased. The site now features a slide show of member logos on the home page, and members can change the information on their unique pages in the site on their own without waiting for an administrator to do the job.
Rupp said it’s also easier for people looking for a business to find a CFBA member. There’s also a map feature showing the physical locations of each member business.
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
Chester County Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh has issued a warning to Chester County residents regarding a phone scam that occurred several years ago and is recurring now. Welsh stated “there is an organized effort on the part of individuals attempting to scam residents of Chester County. We need to inform our citizens that these calls are bogus and do not originate here in the Chester County Sheriff’s Office.”
In various parts of Chester County, residents are being targeted by bogus phone calls and threatened with arrest by deputy sheriffs on a bench warrant for failing to report for jury service in Chester County Court.
In some reported cases, the bogus caller identifies themself using the name of an actual Chester County deputy sheriff, and the caller ID is being spoofed to make it appear as if the call is actually being made from a Sheriff’s Office number.
In other cases, the bogus caller is identifying themselves as a member of a “Warrant Department” and uses ranks and titles that seem to be legitimate.
In the calls, threats are made that a bench warrant will be served unless the person answering the phone goes to a convenience store or pharmacy and purchases a Green Dot MoneyPak card in amounts ranging from $300 to $1,500, and then calls the caller back with the MoneyPak card numbers.
Sometimes the caller tries to coerce those called into providing confidential personal or financial data, potentially leading to identity theft and fraud.
“All residents should be warned to never share sensitive information with anyone you don’t know,” said Welsh. “Unfortunately there are criminals who use many types of scams and frauds to take advantage of individuals and families. We need to provide all information possible to protect our citizens.”
The Chester County Court does not require anyone to provide sensitive information in a telephone call, nor to purchase any kind of monetary device to avoid arrest. Most contact between the court and a prospective juror will occur through the U.S. mail, and any phone contact by real court officials will not include requests for Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, or any other sensitive information.
Persons receiving such a telephone call should not provide any requested information, and instead should hang up and contact their local police department. They can also notify the Jury Services Office 610-344-6174 or the Chester County Sheriff’s Office at 610-344-6850.
Chester County Commissioner Michelle Kichline was elected chair of the commissioners during this morning’s Board of Commissioners organizational meeting. It is her first time to serve as chair.
Commissioner Kathi Cozzone was re-elected vice chair.
Michelle Kichline
This election marks the first all-female county commissioners’ leadership in Chester County’s history.
Cozzone nominated Kichline as chairman, and Commissioner Terence Farrell, outgoing chair, nominated Cozzone as vice chair. The votes of the three-member board were unanimous.
Kichline was sworn in as commissioner in December 2014 following an appointment by the judiciary of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County. She was elected Chester County commissioner in November 2015.
“It is a great honor to serve as chair and I thank Kathi and Terence for their confidence in my leadership,” Kichline said. “Together we will continue the collaborative work that allows us to govern effectively and that sets the high standard of services and programs for the taxpayers and families of Chester County.”
According to Cozzone, “This board will continue to work with a purpose to protect our vulnerable populations, to balance growth and preservation, and to keep our citizens healthy and safe. I look forward to continuing to work alongside Michelle and Terence as vice chair.
Farrell said it’s “been my pleasure to serve with Michelle and Kathi over the past few years. The mutual respect that we have as commissioners allows us to continue our focus on the best interests of our 500,000-plus residents, which is achieved through exceptional service, innovation, transparency and accountability.”
